Britney Spears once wrote a message to the world about her split from Kevin Federline and, more than a decade later, a new documentary is getting her word out. Amid the release of Netflix's Britney vs Spears, viewers are digesting a flurry of new information about the inner workings of the pop star's life, including the controversial conservatorship inflicted upon her in 2008, its implementation and the impact it's had on her for 13 years. Among the revelations that surfaced in the film was a statement Spears allegedly penned and gave to Andrew Gallery, who worked on the 2008 MTV documentary, Britney: For the Record and, according to Gallery, had formed...
- 9/28/2021
- E! Online
It was only a few days ago that audiences were last given a new documentary about Britney Spears, thanks to the continuation of the New York Times Presents series coverage of the pop star’s fraught situation. “Confronting Britney Spears” felt hastily put together in order to cut off this other feature, Netflix’s year-long expose of the pop star’s life, “Britney vs Spears.” Directed by Erin Lee Carr, whose previous work has included the “At the Heart of Gold,” about the USA Gymnastics sex assault scandal, “Britney vs Spears” attempts to remind of us of who Spears was before the conservatorship that kept her confined, and how our own desire to consume her ended up doing just as much damage.
Audiences who are expecting a shocking, lurid expose about Spears’ trauma won’t find one here. At 93 minutes, “Britney vs Spears” takes its time in getting to where we are today,...
Audiences who are expecting a shocking, lurid expose about Spears’ trauma won’t find one here. At 93 minutes, “Britney vs Spears” takes its time in getting to where we are today,...
- 9/28/2021
- by Kristen Lopez
- Indiewire
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